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M. RUBIN.

PICTURE HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR. No. 866,510. Patented July 12, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-rcE.

MAX RUBIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PICTURE HOLDER AND EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,510, dated July 12,1887.

Application filed April 6, 1887. Serial No. 233,846.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, MAX RUBIN, of thecity, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in PictureHolders and Exhibitors, of which the following is a specification.

The object'of my invention is to provide a new and improved exhibitorfor pictures, advertisements, cards, 850., of such construction that theholders can be adjusted in such position as to radiate from a singlepoint, or can be folded so as to be in line, as may be desired, any oneof said holders forming the exhibitor being capable of being held at anydesired inclination.

The invention consists in a pictureholder having openings for receivingthe pictures, and extensions having circular or segmental edges. Aseries of such holders are pivoted on a standard, the pivot passingthrough the centers of the circular parts of the extensions, and aspring or other friction device is rested against the curved edge ofeach extension.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of my improvedpicture-exhibitor, the same being extended or opened. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same, parts being broken out and others in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The exhibitor is formed of a series of frames, A, made of leather,card-board, veneer, cellu loid, hard rubber, or other suitable material,and provided at one or both sides with an opening, B, for receivingpictures, and slots 0, for inserting the pictures, which slots may beformed in the faces or edges. Each frame A is provided at the bottomwith an extension, D, having a circular or segmental edge. A series ofsuch holders is mounted on a pivot, passed through the centers of thecircles of the curves on the edges of the extensions D, washers E beinginserted between the several extensions. The pivot F is held instandards G ofa base, II. On said base a Ushaped or analogous spring, J,is fastened, the ends of which rest in the curved edges of theextensions D, and by friction serve to hold the holders A at the desiredinclination.

As shown in Fig. 1, the exhibitor is opened that is, the several holdersare separated, so

holders coincide.

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as to give the exhibitor the appearance of a fan. When the exhibitor isto be closed, the holders are folded together, so as to overlap eachother completely. It is evident that when the holders are adjusted todifferent inclinations the friction of the springJou the edges of theextensions D must be overcome, and whenever said holders are'releasedthe friction produced by the spring holds them in place. It is evidentt-hatin place of the spring any other friction orbrake device may beused for the same purpose.

An album may be constructed of the above holders by omitting thestandards G, base H, and spring J. The disks D of the several The pivotis passed through the extensions,and then the exhibitor or album can beopened to form a semicircle, a complete circle, or a segment of acircle, the picture-holders overlapping more or less.

Any single holder can be exposed more than the rest by folding the restof the holders and swinging the one holder out from between the rest.

The ends of the springs may be slitted to have one tongue restingagainst each extension, or one spring may be provided for eachextension.

I am aware that picture frames or holders having extensions providedwith circular or segmental edges, which frames are applied to a commonpivot and locked in position by suitable locking devices, have been usedheretofore, and I do not claim these features, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a picture-exhibitor, the combination, with aseries of frames having extensions pro vided with circular or segmentaledges, of a pivot passed through the centers of the circles, standardsin which the pivot is held, a base in which the standards are fastened,and a spring on the base, the ends of the spring resting on the edges ofthe extensions, substantially as shown and described.

2. A picture-exhibitor constructed with a series of pivoted frames orholders having extensions provided with curved edges, and springsresting on said edges, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with a series of piemy invention I have signed myname in presture-holders, of a supporting-stand, to which ence of twosubscribing witnesses. the holders are pivoted, and of friction devicesfor keeping the holders at any desired inclina- M RUBIN 5 tion to eachother, substantially as shown and WVitnesses:

described. OSCAR F. GUNZ, In testimony that I claim the foregoing asMARTIN PETRY.

